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Amber Valley is a local government district and borough in the east of Derbyshire, England, taking its name from the River Amber. It covers a semi-rural zone with four main towns whose economy was based on coal mining and remains to some extent influenced by engineering, distribution and manufacturing, holding for instance the headquarters and production site of Thorntons confectionery.

Borough of Amber Valley
local government district and borough
Ripley, the administrative centre of Amber Valley and the second largest settlement in the borough
Shown within Derbyshire
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionEast Midlands
Ceremonial countyDerbyshire
Admin. HQRipley
Government
  TypeAmber Valley Borough Council
  Leadership:Leader & Cabinet
  MPs:Nigel Mills,
Pauline Latham,
Sarah Dines
Area
  Total102.5 sq mi (265.4 km2)
  Rank146th
Population
 (mid-2019 est.)
  Total128,147
  RankRanked 180th
  Density1,300/sq mi (480/km2)
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
  Summer (DST)UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode
ONS code17UB (ONS) E07000032 (GSS)
Ethnicity97.8% White
0.9% S.Asian[1]
Websitewww.ambervalley.gov.uk
Alfreton, is the largest settlement in the Amber Valley district
Alfreton, is the largest settlement in the Amber Valley district
Heanor, is the third-largest settlement in Amber Valley
Heanor, is the third-largest settlement in Amber Valley

The seat in the House of Commons of Amber Valley is of smaller scope. The population at the 2011 Census was 122,309.[2]

The village of Crich and other parts of the district were the setting for ITV drama series Peak Practice.


Towns of Amber Valley


Council headquarters at Ripley Town Hall
Council headquarters at Ripley Town Hall
The offices of Amber Valley at Alfreton House in Alfreton.[3]
The offices of Amber Valley at Alfreton House in Alfreton.[3]

Main villages of Amber Valley


The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the urban districts of Alfreton, Belper, Heanor and rural districts of Ripley and Belper. The Amber Valley district was granted borough status in 1988.

Crich Stand
Crich Stand

Parishes



Council


Elections to the borough council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the 45 seats on the council being elected at each election. The council has been run by the Conservative Party since they gained control from the Labour Party at the 2000 election except for a single year after the 2014 election and for two years after the 2019 election. Following the 2022 election the council is composed of the following numbers of councillors:

YearConservativeLabourGreenIndependent
2022301131

Arms


Coat of arms of Amber Valley
Notes
Granted 18 October 1989 [4]
Crest
On a wreath of the colours the battlements of a tower Proper issuant therefrom between two abbatical crosiers Or an oak tree Proper fructed and ensigned by a crown of fleurs-de-lys Gold.
Escutcheon
Vert a pale wavy Or a bordure Argent charged with five horseshoes Sable on a chief of the second between two lozenges a cresset Sable fired Proper.
Supporters
On the dexter side a unicorn Argent armed and crined Or gorged with a collar pendent therefrom a cross flory Gules and on the sinister side a leopard Proper gorged with a collar Gules pendent therefrom a fleur-de-lys Or.
Motto
Per Laborem Progedimur (We Make Progress Through Hard Work)

See also



References


  1. Lead View Table
  2. "Local Authority population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  3. Alfreton House, Geograph picture, accessed September 2009
  4. "East Midlands Region". Civic Heraldry of England. Retrieved 5 March 2021.



На других языках


[de] Amber Valley

Amber Valley ist ein Verwaltungsbezirk mit dem Status eines Borough in Derbyshire, England, der nach dem Fluss Amber benannt ist. Verwaltungssitz ist die Stadt Ripley; weitere bedeutende Orte sind Alfreton, Belper, Codnor, Heanor und Heage.
- [en] Amber Valley

[ru] Амбер-Вэлли

Амбер-Вэлли (англ. Amber Valley) — неметрополитенский район (англ. non-metropolitan district) в церемониальном графстве Дербишир в Англии. Административный центр — город Рипли.



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